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2. Division of Zechariah 65
2.1-4: The Second Vision
This section is clear and well-defined, although its two parts are
introduced differently: mrr »3»Tl in v. 3 is quite striking and similar
only to 3.1 (']»Tl). It would make the vision meaningless to remove
vv. 3-4.
2.5-9: The Third Vision
The vision is clear in extent and meaning, although it is difficult to
explain why 'another angel' is introduced in v. 7. 1
2.10-16: Exhortation and Promise
This is marked off from the preceding section not only by its opening
'in but, more surely, by the difference in form and content. It is an
address to the exiles of Judah exhorting them to escape from Babylon
(v. 7) and elsewhere (vv. 10, 12), coupled with a promise that the
nations will have to let them return and dwell in Jerusalem.
It is no longer necessary to discuss whether the section begins at
v. 7 or v. 10, but scholars still disagree over how to divide the
section. Horst argues for two oracles: vv. 10-13 + 14-16 (17), which
correspond with each other from the point of view of rhythm. 2 Each
has a protasis (vv. lOa + 11/14) and a longer apodosis (vv. 12-13/15-
16). They contain distinct ideas which complement each other. Both
consist of a prophetic (vv. 10-11/15-16) and a divine (vv. 12-13/14)
argues that p 1 ? does not introduce what is really the consequence of the preceding)
Die Nachtgesichte des Sacharja (Lund: Gleerup, 1950), p. 50 and C. Jeremias,
Die Nachgesichte. He notes that while three visions end with the meaning, the other
five visions have a word from God added (1.14-15; 2.8b, 9; 3.7; 5.4; 6.8), p. 12.
He seems to assume rather than to argue that vv. 16-17 were a later addition.
W.A.M. Beuken argues that it is wrong to separate v. 16 from its original connection
with vv. 14-15, but he does regard v. 17 as an addition (Haggai-Sacharja 1-8
[Assen: Gorcum, 1967], pp. 242-44). Rudolph comments: 'Die Ruckbeziehung auf
V.12-15 ist so deutlich, dass kein Grund besteht, die beiden Verse [16-17] von der
Vision abzutrennen. .. zumal da der Anfang von V. 17 deutlich macht, dass immer
noch der Dolmetscherengel redet' (Haggai, p. 79).
1. Amsler comments that the 'other angel' allows the interpreting angel to stand
aside a little from the scene: 'il parle mais n'agit pas lui meme.' It underlines the
distance between divine secrets and that which is revealed on earth (Commentaire,
p. 71).
2. T.H. Robinson and F. Horst, Die zwolfkleinen Propheten (Tubingen: Mohr
[Paul Siebeck], 1964), pp. 210-11, 224-25.